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And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea.
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And saying: Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
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For this is he that was spoken of by Isaias the prophet, saying: A voice of one crying in the desert, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.
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And the same John had his garment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
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Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the country about Jordan:
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And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
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And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?